We teamed up with the Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) to write a grant to develop the Visual Memoirs Project for the Miami Beach Convention and Visitors Authority. The project creates a video archive of oral histories about the city’s…

I’ve only told a few close friends, but I am excited about the upcoming wedding of Prince William and the commoner, Kate Middleton. I’ve managed to keep my enthusiasm under wraps because it’s not cool to be a royal watcher,…

One of the perks of this job is meeting some of the great characters of our time. Iggy Pop, the 70’s musical innovator, the godfather of punk, was at home filming an interview for PETA to support their campaign against…

We profiled the great storyteller Jackie Torrence a number of years ago near her home in North Carolina. An amazing presence. I was reminded about this recently when a student called to ask about Jackie for a paper she was…

Interesting how we look back on some of our work after a time and see it through new eyes. I was impressed by Billy Taylor while filming this piece over 10 years ago, but it took on new relevance when…

Billy Taylor, the great jazz pianist, died this week. I did a video with Taylor to document his teaching and playing in a program at FIU more than 10 years ago. Here he is with kids from Miami’s Northwestern High…

Back in Haiti to document the visit of former President George W. Bush to projects being funded by the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. A quick trip but a good chance to highlight the long-term agenda of the fund to develop…

In the first days following the earthquake in Haiti there was ruin and desperation everywhere. Survival and death were side by side on the streets, broken bodies and dead ones, shanty shelters and collapsed buildings. The country’s infrastructure like the…

Carl’s presentation on “backpack journalism” at the Science Museum, last Tuesday, took a look at how new camera, editing and transmission technologies have created possibilities and liabilities for the video (or should we still say “television”?) journalist. On the plus…

May 4, Showtime 7:30: I’m doing a presentation at Miami’s Science Museum on “Backpack Journalism.” The nuts and bolts of the 50 pound (not me, the gear), all-in-one producer, reporter, shooter, editor, satellite tech — the cut-rate combo (“do you…